Sharing my love of Dutch Oven cooking with everyday recipes and tips for the outdoor cook.

Friday, February 21, 2014

Stagecoach Chicken

When I stumbled upon this recipe, I just knew it had to be good. It's by far the best oven fried chicken I've ever had. The skin is amazingly crisp and the chicken is as juicy as can be. I would suggest preparing your chicken and setting up your assembly line before you light your coals, that way you can bread the chicken and bake it right away. You might want to pack a pair of disposable gloves as the preparation is a bit messy. In my 12 inch dutch oven, the chicken baked with 12 coals in a ring around the base of the oven with 28-30 briquettes on the lid. I left it alone and in one hour it was perfectly done. Leave the Shake and Bake at home and give this buttery, crunchy chicken a try.

13 comments:

Liddy, We made this last night in the legless DO in the oven. My wife doesn't like dark meat too much so we filled the DO with boneless, skinless breasts. They turned out amazing. Crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside. We had some leftovers in the fridge, so tonight we sliced up the remaining breasts and put them over a spinach and mandarine orange salad with a little feta cheese. It was equally delicious! Thanks for putting variety into our kitchen!

I broke out the 12" dutch oven to wrassle up a quick and tasty meal. Went and bought a chicken- oh my! When did chickens start costing ten bucks? After getting over that shock (and my anger at the government's fiscal policies) I cut up the fryer and followed the recipe to a 'T'. Excellent results (as is typical of any of Liddy's recipes!) family was fed and I made a delicious broth with the giblets and carcass.Thanks again, Liddy, for another solid home run!

Thanks for letting us know how much you liked the recipe Frenchy, I know, the price of food is going up all the time but it sounds like you got your money's worth out of your chicken. You're a better cook than I am, I just bought the drumsticks and thighs in the package. Happy Father's Day! Liddy

Third time for this recipe. Only difference is we used French fried onions instead of corn flakes. We had guests over tonight too.Guest 1: This chicken is really good!Me: ThanksGuest 2: It is really juicy, did you brine it first?Me: No, just put it in the dutch oven!Good stuff!! Thanks, Liddy.

I am definitely going to try this with the French fried onion coating, sounds scrumptious Aaron. Thanks for the tip, glad you and your guests enjoyed the chicken, you and your wife are such creative cooks, I know a lot of good food comes out of your kitchen! Liddy